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to recommend a general increase in the rate of subscriptions. As
there has been no such alteration since 1920, it is felt that
members will appreciate that if the Club is to continue to be run
adequately this increase is necessary.
After many years as our representative to the Council for
Nature, Mr Chapman asked to be relieved of his duties and we
are glad that Mr F. Speakman has been able to fill this position.
The year will be memorable for the inauguration of a new
Essex society. The Essex Archaeological Congress which has as
its object the protection and preservation of the archaeological
wealth of the County, parallelling the work of the Essex Natura-
list's Trust. Field Club members are taking an active part, and
the first President is Mr L. S. Harley with Mr W. Addison as
Secretary. We wish the Congress every success with its work.
Mr A. G. Jones is the Club's representative to the Congress.
The Club has also affiliated with the Council for British
Archaeology.
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The Group held another highly successful Geological week-end
at Whitsun, the Isle of Wight being chosen this time. Those
attending were able to see and collect from the complete main
series of deposits from the Lower Cretaceous to the Oligocene
periods. Other field meetings during the year consisted of visits
to Wrabness and Harwich, Walton on Naze, and the fossiliferous
deposits at Charlton and Abbey Wood. The attendance at these
meetings was on the whole, very good, and it is hoped that this
trend may be kept up.
The Annual General Meeting was held in the Museum at Strat-
ford on February 19, 1964. Ten members were present.
The retiring officers and members were re-elected with the
addition of Mr A. J. Snelling to the Committee. The Group
Committee consists of: Chairman, J. M. Branson; secretary, R.
Coates; committee, Messrs Clayton, Hunter and Snelling.
The Chairman emphasised the importance of recording
temporary exposures, and stated that valuable information was
being lost by not recording them. He also drew the attention
of members to the fact that there was available in the Museum
a register of gravel and other pits in Essex, An appeal was made
for information so that the geological bibliography of the county
could be continued.
The meeting then heard a lecture given by Mr Snelling
entitled "The Palaeolithic Succession of the Lower Thames
Valley", with reference to Purfleet, Essex.
R. Coates, Secretary.
J. M. Branson, Chairman,